Take One of These: Get
relief from accounting headaches with Intuit's QuickBooks
Premier 2002 (www.quickbooks.com), which combines the ease of use of
SOHO QuickBooks versions with advanced journal entry, reporting and
analytical features. You can access your accounts even when
you're out of the office, and the data can be integrated with a
growing number of third-party business programs. At $500 (all
prices street), Premier is Intuit's most expensive QuickBooks
version.

Spread It Out: When
you're away from your PC, you don't need to leave your
spreadsheets behind. Quicksheet from Cutting Edge Software
(www.cesinc.com/quicksheet) lets you create and view
spreadsheets on your Palm-based handheld, and it automatically
syncs with a PC. You can even create basic charts using the $29.95
application.

Peer and Far: Put
peer-to-peer technology to work for your business. EZmeeting from
Sigma Design (www.ezmeeting.com) uses P2P to facilitate online
collaboration. Similar to an instant messaging application, it
allows up to 32 users to communicate via text messages and share
and edit files in real time. Pricing starts at $199.

Plug-a-Lug-Lug: Plug your
Pocket PC in to a network-even if it's outdated.
Cresotech's PocketLANce 1.10 (www.pocketlance.com) is a downloadable LAN browser for
your Windows-based handheld. PocketLANce offers many of the same
features now offered in the Pocket PC 2002 operating system but
works with older models that can't be upgraded. Pricing starts
at $29.

Liane Gouthro, a former technology reporter at
PCWorld.com, freelances from her home in Brookline,
Massachusetts.